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Joan Hickey on 19th August, 2016 wrote:

Married Mary Riley née Bellas 1828 in NSW
Married Elizabeth Moore Pickering née Wides 12/2/1849 (NSW).
DIed Toowoomba, Queensland.
Stole three heifers. Belonging to James Berryman and was sentenced at the Home Assizes 5 April 1813.
Parents William and Hannah Dolley.
Listed as Pioneer of Australia (The Bi-Centenary Register -2nd edition). Ticket of Leave No.834, Pardon No.369.
Children Hannah (1823), Louisa (1826) William John (1833)

Phil Hands on 10th February, 2018 wrote:

Tried and convicted at the Surrey Assizes on 29th March 1813 for stealing cows, he was sentenced to transportation for life.
Left England on 26th August 1813.
Ship:- the ‘General Hewart’ sailed with 300 male convicts on board of which 34 died during the voyage.
Arrived on 7th February 1814.

John had been a convict worker on the farm of Edward Riley and Mary Bellas. Prior to this he has worked for Thomas Gosport at Windsor.
Edward Riley died on 10th November 1821 age 50, leaving Mary with 3 young children, Elizabeth b1811, Mary Ann b1814 & John b1816.
Mary and John Dolley sought permission to marry on 7th March 1825. The marriage was approved on 11th November 1827, they married on 8th December 1828 at Sackville Reach NSW, they had 3 children between 1823-1832.

Mary died on 8th January 1839 at Milkmaid Reach, Hawkesbury District of NSW age 51.
John died on 14th May 1876 at Aubigny, Toowoomba, Queensland age 84.

Source: State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line].
Text:
John Dolley, one of 300 convicts transported on the ship ‘General Hewett’, August 1813.
Sentence details: Convicted at Surrey Assizes for a term of life on 29 March 1813.
Vessel: General Hewett.
Date of Departure: August 1813.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Source: Hollingworth, Nicholson. ‘Mary Burke - Indispensible 1796’, email message to Marion Purnell Dec 20 2010
Text:
John Dolley had been a convict worker on the farm of Mary Bellass and Edward Riley. Prior to this he has worked for Thomas Gosport at Windsor. Edward Riley died 10 Nov 1821 and Mary and John Dolley sought permission to marry on 7 March 1825. The marriage was approved in 11 Nov 1827.